Country Life December 30 2016

published 30 December 2015

This week's Country Life magazine finds things to celebrate in 2016

** Nearly 150 diary dates—plays, music, paintings and gardens, as well as Britain’s most interesting shops, enchanting country shows, holidays with horses and new places to eat, drink and stay—guaranteed to make the year ahead count

** The home of the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Gaskell hasrecently been restored, with her domestic interior re-created, and is open to the public.

** Averil King esteems the accomplished work of Edward Robert Hughes, an associate of the pre-Raphaelites

** Property market report: The market’s had a challenging year, but Penny Churchill is optimistic

Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.